Capacity
A category including news related to increasing output and production of ports. Additional port equipment adding capacity; port expansion adding cargo capacity, shipping lines adding larger vessels and increased land traffic capacity by rail and road.
Ericeira port dredging to be completed by end-July
Ericeira, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – The dredging of the Portuguese port of Ericeira, an investment of €532,098 ($622,875) to solve the...
Nantes Saint-Nazaire port increases road capacity
Nantes St-Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) July 14, 2018 – The new Boulevard des Apprentis was inaugurated on July 6, a key step in the redevelopment of...
Algeciras port set for new inland container handling facility
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through Agencia Pública de Puertos de AndalucÃa (APPA...
France’s Eiffage presents offer to build bulk terminal at Alicante port
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – Eiffage SA, a French civil engineering construction company, has presented an offer to build a new bulk...
AdSP Sardegna considers LNG facility at Porto Torres
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – The Management Committee of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Di Sardegna (AdSP –...
Hannibal doubles connections to Switzerland with a new daily rail service from Melzo to Niederglatt
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) July 12, 2018 – Hannibal, Contship Italia Group’s multimodal transport operator, is started a second rail link to...
Italy’s CNA proposes usage of silo area at Ancona port for cargo terminal expansion
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Italian association of road transport operators CNA has proposed the allocation of the area of the silos of...
China Railway Group shows interest in rail line connecting Rijeka port to Central Europe
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Chinese company China Railway Group Limited is interested in the construction of a railway line connecting the...
Barge service between Marseille port and Lyons to increase frequency
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – From October 1, 2018, the container barge service between Fos and Lyon will operate five days a week. The...
AdSP Bari and Interporto Bologna to sign rail expansion agreement
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Ugo Patroni Griffi, president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP –...
Grimaldi Lines increases Bari port capacity
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Two new vessels of the Grimaldi group have replaced Eurocargo-Patrasso and Eurocargo-Trieste, in service in the...
DHL Freight opens warehousing facility near Izmir, Turkey
Izmir, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 7, 2018 – DHL Freight, a leading provider of road freight services in Europe, has opened a new warehouse in the Manisa...
Spain’s Cereales Astigi to expand warehouses at Cádiz port
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Spanish company Cereales Astigi plans to invest €801,395 ($943,401) in expanding its facilities at the La...
Valencia port to open new cruise terminal in 2020
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Valencia port plans to open a new cruise terminal in 2020 in the space occupied by Unión Naval de Levante,...
Italy’s Ignazio Messina returns to Naples port
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Italian shipping company Ignazio Messina & CSpA, a Group Messina SpA company, has restarted container...
MarÃn port completes expansion works of Border Inspection Post
MarÃn, Spain (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – MarÃn port has just completed the execution of the expansion works of its Border Inspection Post (BIP). The...
Marina di Carrara port awards 10-year tender to Dario Perioli SpA
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 7, 2018 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...
Urania wreck to be removed from Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) July 7, 2018 – The demolition of the Urania ship that occupies the “Mediterranean” floating dock of the port of...
The infrastructure of Bilbao port’s Arasur faces its final stretch
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – The works on the Arasur goods sidings have been completed and development works will commence next week. The...
MEP Ayala accuses Ferrmed of favouring Barcelona port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – The Member of European Parliament, Inés Ayala, has accused the Ferrmed business lobby of favouring in the...